Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: A 4-year experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 916-921

  Spedicato, Leonardo ^a   Zanuttini, Davide ^a   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Sciacca, Claudia ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^a   Minen, Giorgio ^a   Morocutti, Giorgio ^a   Bernardi, Guglielmo ^a   Fioretti, Paolo M ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coronary angiography; Echocardiography; Left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; ST SEGMENT; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 55249127126     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283027f8e     Document Type: Article

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